Tag: Dispensary

Washington DC People were shot at two suspected marijuana pop-up events last weekend. – Tysean Dunkins, 25, attempted to rob the Hubbly Bubbly hookah bar and died of his wounds. – a man leaving a pop-up with a backpack was robbed and shot. He is expected to recover. Vendor or customer is unclear. –…

Today we’re gonna talk about the Dixie Awakening Orange Zest Tablets, or as I like to call ’em, my weed pills. Hooray! We reviewed the Dixie Elixir Half & Half last June, which is licensed in Maryland by Curio Wellness, and found it effective, if not cost-effective for folks with…

Right, so today’s the day we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday, who most of us still agree was a pretty awesome dude who shared with us a dream of a better society which, of course, pissed off the people who were doing just fine, thank you all…

The Gentleman’s first review of 2019 is gonna be this Grandaddy Purp vape cart from a new Maryland processor, MPX (short for Melting Point Extracts). Yayyyy! So many reasons to be excited. The absolute dumpster fire that was 2018 is over, for one. Last year I got kicked out of…

Hello, class! Today I thought we’d forego the usual review for an in-depth discussion of marijuana strain names. Where do they come from? What, if anything, do they tell us about the plant? Should you consider them when making your purchasing decisions? Do they matter, like, at all? Let’s get…

Okay, rocketeers, let me bring you up to speed. Liberty was a medical marijuana cultivator in DC before they became licensed in Maryland. They used to be called Holistic Remedies in DC, but they switched to match the Maryland name. I really liked some of their flower, Master Kush especially.…

Yaaaaay Snow Day!!! The first one’s kinda fun. I spent mine in bed, but not the way that I would have liked to spend it in bed, if you get what I’m drifting at, wocka wocka. Statistics tell us a bunch of snow babies are conceived every time this happens.…

Maryland’s medical marijuana program doesn’t allow what you’d traditionally think of as edibles, but companies have been able to get around the restriction with various tinctures, elixirs, tablets, and so on. Above you see Chewable Troches from Verano, pronounced tro-key not tro-shay which sounds more elegant, or at least I…

After a brief rest, the Gentleman was ready to resume his journey to the Los Angeles, where the fabled Jungle Boys cannabis grows. It was tempting to stay and play in Sin City for a while longer, but that’s it’s game, isn’t it? The Pacific Ocean was a mere four…

With the Benediction of the Elf Queen upon me, the Gentleman was ready to depart Denver and resume his quest, but there were still many, many miles between me and Los Angeles. Vegas was twelve hours away, doable in a single day, but it’s a brutal course. Traveling via 70…

Oh, man. What a freakin trip. After nearly three weeks of hotels and motels, yours truly is quite glad to be back home. The road was beautiful, dangerous, even- especially- when it looks barren, flat, and endless. More than a walkabout, this was a Quest, and it had two objectives-…

YEAH!!! GT is coast to coast like Space Ghost, baby! Well, not literally, I wouldn’t fuck Ocean City again with your dick, but close e-damn-nough. Google Maps said it’d be 13 hours from my starting point in Iowa City yesterday but it took 16 and a half hours with minimal…

BEHOLD, MORTALS! California-based Jungle Boys is one of the hottest names in the nation for cannabis. You may have heard of them already, but now you get to see their flowers through the Gentleman’s lens. This is their Jungle Cake, a cross between White Fire #43 and Wedding Cake, that…

Alright, it’s time to catch y’all up on my adventures and my purchases along the road, like this incredibly smooth Ghost Hulk Live Rosin from 710 Labs! It’s been a lifelong dream of mine to drive across the entire United States and I am having the best time, you guys.…

After miles and miles of panoramic, nearly barren Utah desert, the bright lights of Vegas were a welcome respite on my way to the golden coast. Of course, you know what’s Always On My Mind– the closest dispensary! In this case, that happened to be Planet 13, which happened to have…

You may have heard me mention how much I like the STATS Guide as a reference for determining cannabis quality once or twice- that’s actually put out by a vertically-integrated dispensary/grower in Denver called Good Chemistry. Yesterday I popped in to their Aurora shop to see how well they held up…

“Computer?” “Query, User: Not Designated?” “What should I listen to if, like, I want to like Depeche Mode, but I don’t, really?” “Query?” “I mean, I like the singles and stuff. There’s a tribute album where Smashing Pumpkins covers Never Let Me Down Again that’s pretty good-” “Stop talking, User:…

Alright, I decided to stop posting pictures of various Verano products and just write a damn review already, geez. One of the hottest names around the Maryland medical marijuana scene, Verano hails from Las Vegas, where they operate a dispensary called ZenLeaf. Here, they’re vertically integrated with two shops by…

The last time I was in Denver, I stopped in one of the downtown dispensaries I like called Local Product and saw they had a freakin’ weed inhaler, dude. It’s called the AeroInhaler and I simply had to have one, of course. I had gone back in for a free preroll…

Today we’re gonna look at two cannabis flowers grown by Maryland medical marijuana cultivator HMS Health. I stopped by their vertically-integrated dispensary, Zenity Wellness, uh, by mistake, actually. I meant to go to ZenLeaf to pick up some of that Sunrock Shatter I showed you on Tuesday, but I had…

Doesn’t that G6 Sunrock Shatter from Verano look deeelish? Mmm-mmm-mmm! I suppose it’s called Sunrock cuz it’s served in these crazy dense nugs of shatter. You need to warm your dab tool up to get into it without splintering. The Gentleman acquired these quality dabs from one of Maryland’s hottest…

Just as nature abhors a vacuum, so, too, does your Gentleman the rare hole in the daily Now Available schedule, so today we’re filling it with this photo I took of Maryland medical marijuana cultivator SunMed Growers’ greenhouse-grown Third Dimension flowers. They’ve got a long way to go to catch…

The Gentleman stopped by Herbology back on 4/20 and procured a flight of four nugs from the Maryland medical marijuana grower this Gaithersburg dispensary is vertically integrated with, Grassroots. I was so pleased with the flowers I had to show off their pretty Chem de la Chem. Now that the…

Under the previous rules, DC medical marijuana patients had to choose a single dispensary to work with when they got their cards, so the Gentleman was unable to visit Capital City Care until reciprocity kicked in. CCC is vertically integrated, though, and their flowers can be found in the other…

New brands and product lines are dropping like Soundcloud singles in Maryland’s medical marijuana program halfway into its first year and the Gentleman’s newest crush is Curaleaf. First I picked up a dropper of their distillate. I was so impressed I grabbed a dropper of their Sweet Kush oil my…

So I waaaaaaas gonna write a third review in a row for my pretty duckies, but we have a more pressing concern, which is that METRC is doing an absolute shit job of maintaining their seed-to-sale tracking system in Maryland, which is required by law for medical marijuana dispensaries to…

Phyto Management became Washington, DC’s sixth medical marijuana cultivator soon after I left the city’s medical marijuana program. Now that I’m a Maryland patient and reciprocity is in effect, I’m able to return to one of my favorite District dispensaries, Herbal Alternatives, and fill in this unsightly gap in the…

To celebrate Stoner Christmas 2: Electric Boogaloo AKA Oil Day, I figured we’d crack the hood on one of Maryland’s newest medical marijuana processors, Prime Extracts. Concentrate is one of the fastest growing sectors of the legal cannabis market and my personal favorite. A hot blast of THC to the…

Maryland’s medical marijuana program prohibits the sale of what is traditionally thought of as edibles, so you won’t find any weed brownies or gummies, but they do have several infused, ah, ingestables options. That’s not a sexy word. Well, I mean, I just made it up, but it doesn’t sound…

It was a little after nine p.m. on Friday night when I was jostled out of sleep by a loud, insistent knock at my door. Half-awake, pantsless, wrapped up in the sheets of The Commander Hotel in Ocean City, I ran thru the options of who was on the other…

High Level Health’s flowers were recommended to me on my recent Denver trip, so I made the quick trek to their 970 Lincoln St location to check ’em out. I had plenty of flowers already, so I went with their house line of concentrates processed from said flower instead. High…

Temescal Wellness lured the Gentleman out to Baltimore suburb Pikesville with a wide selection of concentrates offered at $50/half-gram, which is one of your most affordable options for the Maryland medical program thus far. They’re vertically integrated throughout, meaning they grow their own flowers, perform their own extractions, and sell…

The Cookies’n’Cream I got from the Kind Love dispensary (4380 E Alameda Ave, Glendale CO 80246) has an incredible Sweet’n’Skunky scent profile. Also got some nice live resin over there- they were exceptionally patient as I sniffed my way through the jars before settling on the Lee Roy TK #5.…

Picked up two CannaPunch non-carbonated infused beverages on the recommendation of a friend out here. I drank one bottle- 100mg in one go, which is typical for my tolerance, after eating a CLIF bar for breakfast, then I grabbed a latte. And now I can see through all six dimensions.…

Stopped by one of my favorite dispensaries from my last Denver trip, Local Product, and got an excellent recommendation from my budtender to try this Sueno Live Sugar from Olio. The terps on this are phenomenal, guys. $60 for a full gram! THC: .72% THCA: 87.01%

Maryland medical marijuana processor AFS has quickly become one of your Gentleman’s favorite brands due to their consistently beautiful, stable shatter. In fact, I liked their Ghost OG that was recently on sale so much ($80 for 1 gram at several dispensaries. Yes, that pricing constitutes a sale. Sigh) that…

Now that medical marijuana reciprocity has taken effect in DC, I can use my card from Maryland to visit any District dispensary. Hooray! The Gentleman was very impressed with the Capital City flowers I picked up, including the free gram of Glueberry OG (photo above) I got for spending over…

Gather round, my beatific bonobos, today we’ll be reviewing Kind Therapeutics’ LucidMood Calm Vape Pen! Kind Therapeutics holds both growing and processing licenses for medical marijuana in Maryland- they grow the Nature’s Heritage brand. Their disposable vape pens are at a significantly cheaper price point than most other options- around…

I’ve found some strains from Grassroots recently with fantastic scent profiles and great potency. After much agonized soul-searching, I decided on Chem de la Chem for today’s photo. FYI, Herbology in Gaithersburg is vertically integrated with Grassroots so they’re a good bet for finding that freshie fresh. By the Numbers!…

Verano is the hottest name on the Maryland medical marijuana market right now. The dispensaries I’ve talked to all run out of any Verano flowers in a hurry, but I swung by Herbology in Gaithersburg on 4/20 and managed to get my hands on some Swift Lifts. This 5 pack…

Liberty Cannabis is a vertically integrated Maryland medical marijuana brand that grows their own flower, performs their own extraction, and has their own dispensary in Rockville. Can’t beat that for quality control! They also happen to be the sister of the DC MMJ brand that initially earned the Gentleman’s ire,…

The 420 specials continue! Abatin Wellness has provided National Holistic Healing Center and Takoma Wellness Center with 2 gram jars of Type II (THC/CBD mix) for the first 50 patients tomorrow (with purchase)! And y’all know how much the Gentleman loves Abatin! That Hawaiian Sunrise is an Emerald Cup winner,…

You’re a busy so and so, why should you have to dig through pages and pages and pages of Washington DC and Maryland dispensaries to find the best deals to celebrate 420? That’s my job. So I threw on the 80s station and got to it. Have you heard this…

Today is the day, my pretty penguins! DC Medical Marijuana Reciprocity has officially begun. If you have your Maryland medical card– or a print out of your certification- you can visit any DC dispensary right meow! Be sure to check out the Gentleman’s Guide to DC Dispensaries before you go.…

Okay, this is Part 1 of the exciting changes coming to Washington DC’s medical marijuana program. As of yesterday (see my News page), the District’s medical marijuana patients are no longer limited to the dispensary printed on their card. That’s right, you can just walk right in to any of…

Picked up this gorgeous little 1 gram nug of Honey Banana grown by Harvest of Maryland out at Ash + Ember, a charming little dispensary just across the Bay Bridge in Centreville, MD. FYI, Harvest has their own dispensary in Rockville. Prices there are typically $50 an eighth, $90 a quarter, with…

The Bakked Dabaratus is on the forefront of a new generation of concentrate delivery systems, a pen-style distillate dispenser that’s safe to touch directly to your nail or banger (that’s the bowl part of your concentrate bong for my readers that still think 710 is an area code. I love…

For my very first Maryland dispensary review, your Gentleman has chosen Allegany Medical Marijuana Dispensary, the shop that made national headlines this week after banning some patients from the store. Per the Post article, these patients were penalized for comments they made on social media, though one also got into…

Quick shoutout to Cream of the Crop! Picked up their Duct Tape Live Resin from Urbn Leaf in Cali and it was incredibly fragrant, tasty, and nighty-night potent. Bellissimo!

Eh, I figured while we’re snowed in, I can reminisce about my sleepy week by the beach in sunny San Diego and the awesome Canndescent flowers I enjoyed whilst lazing about reading Rick & Morty comics. They’re awesome if you need a fix waiting for Season 4, beeteedubs, they’re all-new…

Just when I’m gasping for air, doubting how much longer I can put out quality original content without a break, I dig deep and come up with dark web pay per view bear fights. My word, GT. Your vacation has been well-earned, sir. Speaking as past GT to future GT,…

I don’t do so much bashing now, but I rarely see stuff as Hulk-inducing as Holistic Remedies’ bland $150/gram shatter and vape cartridges that simply don’t freakin’ work. I was so hot when I started this site, baby! Sure, I burnt a few bridges. Pfft! You should see my life,…

The Gentleman has mentioned once or twice his great fondness for the cannabis products from Abatin Wellness, the District’s premier medical marijuana cultivator, but we’ve yet to actually review their luxury flower line, the Kashmir. Aghast! I mean, unless you count the unboxing video I did. Does that count? Oh,…

Today we’ll be looking at an indica called Black Dog from Curio Wellness, one of Maryland’s first medical marijuana cultivators to have product available. Perhaps you recall from my previous quasi-review when I sampled a bit of their Guice when medical sales kicked off? It’s fine if not. It’s not…

Today, we’ll turn our attention once again to Maryland’s baby-fresh medical marijuana program, and as the divine hand of Fortune may have it, my first real Maryland review is Rythm! Behold their vape cartridges, tribelings! Aw, crap. Did I vape half the cart before taking a picture? I gotta stop…

Abatin Wellness, one of DC’s six medical marijuana cultivators, grows some of the finest flowers this Gentleman has ever smoked, as I’ve mentioned in this review and this one. But don’t just take my word for it! The consulting firm that Abatin uses is NaPro Research, who also happens to…

The Gentleman got the opportunity to try out some of Maryland’s first crop of medical marijuana this weekend and came away very impressed with Guice from Curio Wellness (obtained from RISE Bethesda), so I thought I’d share some thoughts. Like, wow. Decked out in trichomes, nicely cured, and flushed really…

The long wait is finally over, folks. Medical marijuana is available in several of Maryland’s new dispensaries starting today! Our friends at RISE will open their Bethesda location tomorrow. Per the Washington Post article, prices vary wildly between the different dispensaries, with the lowest around $400/oz and the highest at…

Yesterday, your Gentleman, along with a small crowd of enthusiasts, industry insiders, and media attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Silver Spring’s first medical marijuana dispensary, RISE. Andy Grossman, one of the partners that owns RISE, led with a short speech thanking Montgomery County and the Silver Spring community for their…

Right, so you’ve already figured out by reading the title that this isn’t your standard review. I suppose it’s a review of what it’s like to attend a hearing regarding the DC medical marijuana program at City Hall so you can decide if that’s the sort of thing you’d be…

Abatin Wellness, one of the six licensed medical marijuana growers in DC, is one of my very favorite cannabis cultivators in the entire country. Their greenhouse-grown flowers provide a compelling argument for District residents to sign up for the program, which allows doctors to recommend (not prescribe) weed for ANY…

It’s been a few months since I last checked in on the MMJ program, and it occurs to me that I never actually wrote a review for my favorite cultivator, Abatin Wellness. And when I say favorite, I am including my various trips out West. If you want some of…

The royal G. Toker recently noticed that I haven’t been reviewing anything but concentrates. “Too much cannabis oil”. HAH! Lay off the Fake News, will ya? I love combusting inflorescence! You ladies and gents know that. It’s just. . . Lately I have a very particular preference for Blue Dream or…

Awww, man. No super powers. No demons running amok. How long do I have to wait for the apocalypse, huh? I really don’t see how it could be that hard for Yog-Sothoth to plunge the world in unending darkness when the moon is already in front of the sun. Sigh.…

Well, damn, folks. Reviewing my notes, it doesn’t look like we’ve got much good flowers left to write home about from Las Vegas. Lots of old sock smell and so on. Bugger all. We’ve got some good concentrate to talk about, but we can’t neglect the flower entirely. Sigh. Let’s…

Heya, folks, it’s i502 Drew here with more advice for you jet-setting dabbers that want to see what kind of gold you’ll find in the Emerald City! Today, though, I picked up some Strawberry Sugar Wax from Dogtown Pioneers cuz I want to show you what that $25/g wax you’ll…

Honeycomb concentrate from Cannavative in Las Vegas is the subject of today’s review and if you’re wondering why all the intros must begin with something of this nature these days, it is because SEO. You know that I’d rather jump in and smack you with a shark in the face…

Although cannabis cannot yet be certified organic (because it’s federally illegal), Puffin Farms’ excellent flowers are probably as close as it gets. They used to say that weed sells itself, or even that it’s all the same. That was true when you just had one scuzzy guy named Skeeter that…

Step with me, won’t you friends, through Bodhi High’s Vortex for your latest review from the other Washington. You know, the big ‘un, next to Canada, a real state where your vote actually matters? Alright, let’s not get carried away, ultimately all is decided by the ruthless, shape-shifting reptiloids who…

Psst. Part 1 of i502 Drew’s Spokane Top Shelf Showdown featuring the ooh-la-la cultivars he obtained at Satori North is right here. FYI, most of these products you can find around Seattle, as well. Ok, ok, I’ll let you get to it, I know you’re busy these days but, really,…

SHANGO made my list of Vegas dispensaries to check out since they were also a cultivation center (meaning they grow the flowers there, too, as well as perform extraction and make their own edibles), but when I saw they had Chong’s Choice flowers on their extensive menu, my purchase was…

We’re gonna scoot back to Denver today and review some of the fabulous Purple Rockstar Terp Jelly from Double Black Extracts that I purchased at Local Product of Colorado. This dispensary was one of the highlights of my trip as it was the only place I found some flowers that…

Monday, July 10th, what am I missing? Says concentrated marijuana day here at Satori North. Huh. If you think Hallmark has the most experience inventing consumer holidays, watch what happens when a joint is passed outside a campus library. Tokers are never short on reasons to imbibe, even during finals…

Ahh, our other favorite holiday has arrived and GT has got some Moxie. 7/10, baby! For those not up to speed, 710 means “oil,” which is what it spells out if you look at it upside down, referring to dabs. Concentrate. Wax. Budder. Shatter. That good gud, you know? Nothin…

Greetings again, my friends. It’s July 4th, folks, and you know what that means! Yes, indeed, today will be the 2nd highest sales day for adult-use marijuana in the country! Hey, I’m doin my part. We’re gonna check out some of Walden’s BHO today. And exciting news this week for Nevada’s…

HOLY SCHNIKES, FOLKS! The Washington Post wanted to know just where that lovely dank smell is coming from so they hit up your very own Gentleman to ask. Go read the article! It features moi, naturally, along with Phone Homie and Funky Piece. I can’t begin to express how grateful I…

ooOoh, heeeyyy, maaaan. Do you *hup* do you *hup* didja know how much alcohol they give you in Vegas? It’s a lot. Man, they gotta get some events here for smoking. Though, I don’t see how that works quite right. For me, cannabis helps me inhibit my impulses; Vegas is…

So what’s a cheeky little cherub such as moi doing in Sin City, you ask? Ah, you read the title, spot on! This is indeed the one year anniversary of GentlemanToker.com and coincidentally, or perhaps by karmic design, this most jubilous date coincides with the first day of recreational marijuana…

Today, I’m gonna teach ya how- and more importantly, where- to buy prerolls while you’re visiting Seattle. You’re welcome! Hey, I’m i502Drew, by the way. Gentleman Toker liked the West Coast scene so much he’s giddy about expanding into Washington State. Well, isn’t he special? Unfortunately, not everybody is a fan…

My last Denver review was quite vicious (but fair, IMO) so it’s important that we balance that out with a glowing review, in this case the excellent Cataract Sky Kush from Harmony your Gentleman plucked for a tremendous value whilst traipsing along Elati St and stumbling into recreational marijuana dispensary Advanced Medical Alternatives.…

Ballpark Holistic Dispensary pitches recreational cannabis just a few blocks from Mile High Stadium but when the Gentleman stopped by and gave the signal he was ready for that heater, the live resin from Cannabis Maximus I picked up there turned out to be a high, hanging curve I intend to smash…

The Giving Tree of Denver was highly rated in the Google reviews of dispensaries so I decided to swing down West 38th Avenue and check out what all the hubbub was abub. Despite referencing one of the saddest stories in children’s English literature you could hope to find (about a…

Cannabis Station wasn’t originally on the Gentleman’s list of dispensaries to check out in Denver, but getting my dainty, be-gloved hands on some of The CLEAR brand concentrate most definitely was! As I meandered the streets near Mile High Stadium in search of some refreshment, a bright, beautiful hummingbird mural along the…

Native Roots Apothecary was one of the highlights of my self-guided marijuana dispensary tour of downtown Denver. Located just off the 16th Street Mall (via Champa St), the store is ideally situated for tourists. Your Gentleman was interested to see what these folks could expect when they pop in what might…

The Gentleman has made his second round of the Denver cannabis scene, visited many dispensaries (ten), got a lil sumpin sumpin at each, and has strong opinions to share with you on the internet, my many happy-feeted penguins! Huzzah! I intended for this to be a guide to finding good bud…

I have been looking to get my hands on one of these 150mg Chocolate Chip Cookies for ever and after searching near and far for the elusive three-eyed, derby-sporting cow to no avail, I was a giddy, misty-eyed Japanese school girl when Gentleman Toker handed over this tasty treasure for my first…

(Alternative Solutions gave me some of the sweet, new Goji OG and Blue Cheese bud rosin to try and if you’re a boring person whose love for horror and candy was surgically removed along with the rest of your memories by a dubious Canadian weapons program to make you the perfect…

DC MMJ cultivator Holistic Remedies is holding a class on concentrates at National Holistic Healing Center tomorrow, combined with a 15% off sale of their oils, waxes, tinctures, etc. I figured it was well past time that I present a class, myself. A Teach the Teacher sorta deal so I…

So, my fellow District resident and cannabis enthusiast, you’ve decided that becoming a medical marijuana patient is the best way to ensure you never run out of that sweet, sweet Kush again. You’ve seen a canna-friendly sawbones and your fancy-dandy E-lec-tronik recommendation is racing through the interwebs as we speak to the District…

This frosty lady is my personal favorite offering from Alternative Solutions. It smells and tastes exactly like its sour citrus namesake. You’ll definitely experience the flavor when you smoke it, but unlocking the full flavor profile of terpenes like these is one of the best reasons to own a vaporizer. …

When I tried a preroll of Big Buddha Cheese out in Seattle, it hit me in the head like a rocket. My thoughts were racing a mile a minute, but a blast of euphoria kept me from getting more paranoid than I can handle, and the mental invigoration was so…

Veterans of DC’s MMJ program will know this strain well. It’s one of the oldest in Holistic Remedies’ lineup and they’ve made several different concentrates from this plant- I’ve bought it as flower, hash, wax, and crumble. This plant usually goes by the strain name LSD. I understand why they…

Seriously. I don’t even know you- but I know that if you’re a DC resident, you qualify for a medical marijuana card. The decision regarding whether cannabis could be beneficial to you is between you, your doctor, and nobody else. Don’t worry about taking meds away from the seriously ill- there…

Oh, man, I love this strain. This energizing indica from Holistic Remedies will always have a place in my medicine cabinet. Let me tell you about the first time I smoked Master Kush. I had just got back from the High Times Cannabis Cup in Denver last year. I enthusiastically bought way more flower than I…

???????? The special 420 sneak peek from Alternative Solutions- a new pheno of Pineapple Skunk called Midnight Skunk! Medical patients will remember that it was Pineapple Skunk that flooded the market last summer & stabilized the flower supply for DC patients. Shortly thereafter, we were able buy more than just…